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JOSH PETERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordJosh Peters, of Salina, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Salina, Oklahoma (Mayes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROBERT ELGIN PAYNELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- CLARENCE WESLEY PILKENTONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK POELINGPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS WYATT POORELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 60
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 65
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 68
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.